When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Twin Cities Area
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

